SMSvcHost.exe
Microsoft .NET Framework by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 26 versions of smsvchost.exe in the wild, the latest version being 4.0.30319.34209 built by: FX452RTMGDR. It is started as a Windows Service called 'Adaptador de escucha Net.Pipe' with the name 'NetPipeActivator' and described as “Recibe solicitudes de activación a través del protocolo net.pipe y las envía al Servicio de activación de procesos de Windows.”. . This is executed as a shared service (which simply means that this service can share a process with other Win32 services). The average file size is about 127.53 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0009% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 23.51 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 2.47 KB per minute for reads and 14 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is smsvchost.exe?
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) provides a new TCP-based network protocol (net.tcp://) for high-performance communication. WCF also introduces a new system component, the Net.TCP Port Sharing Service that enables net.tcp ports to be shared across multiple user processes.
About smsvchost.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)
“Self-hosted services that use the Net.TCP transport can control several advanced settings, such as ListenBacklog and MaxPendingAccepts, which govern the behavior of the underlying TCP socket used for ”
 Details
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| File name: | smsvchost.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft® .NET Framework |
| Description: | SMSvcHost.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\smsvchost.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, December 7, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, March 7, 2011 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of smsvchost.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
This is the shared Service Host controller that runs some of the following shared services:
- 'NetPipeActivator' (Adaptador de escucha Net.Pipe)
- Service name 'Адаптер прослушивателя Net.Tcp'
- 'NetMsmqActivator' (Listener Adapter do Net.Msmq)
- Service name 'NetTcpActivator'
- Service name 'NetTcpPortSharing'
All file variations of smsvchost.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
52.75% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.50% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
7.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
4.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
2.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.00% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 N |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 53.28% of Microsoft® .NET Framework.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
25.45% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
17.69% |
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| ASUS |
17.50% |
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| Toshiba |
13.92% |
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| Acer |
13.32% |
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| Sony |
4.77% |
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| Alienware |
1.99% |
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| Lenovo |
1.99% |
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| Samsung |
1.79% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.59% |
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